M6 crash J2 northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J2 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 07:30. Cleared at 09:55 after 2 h 24 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 09:55 on 29 Oct 2026, after 2 h 24 min

Location

M6 northbound · J2

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

Sources

TomTom · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Thu 07:30 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. Thu 07:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~6 min
3. Thu 07:44 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~10)
4. Thu 08:19 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~16)
5. Thu 08:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Thu 08:39 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. Thu 08:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Thu 09:04 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. Thu 09:20 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Thu 09:35 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Thu 09:55 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
12. Thu 09:55 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound within J2 before M69 southbound access).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:25 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northboundyesterday 11:58 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 southboundyesterday 11:12 · cleared after 59 min
• M6 crash J23–J22 southboundyesterday 06:45 · cleared after 3 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J9–J10yesterday 06:09 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• M6 crash J4 southboundyesterday 05:53 · cleared after 3 h 52 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundSun 18:24 · cleared after 4 h 40 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southboundSun 16:45 · cleared after 14 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northboundSun 16:02 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M6 crash J13–J14 northboundSun 14:01 · cleared after 43 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J2.

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